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ATTACK The military base in Kandahar, home to a number of Czech troops, was the target of a missile attack Dec. 15, Novinky.cz reported. There were two blasts near the base but no serious injuries. At present, there are 415 Czech troops in Afghanistan, but the Senate supports a plan to increase the number to 745 in 2009. The Chamber of Deputies is slated to vote on the issue Dec. 17.

HOLIDAY Mayor Pavel Bém told the Czech News Agency (ČTK) he will spend his two-week Christmas holiday in the mountains Dec. 15, but sources say he will take part in an expedition to Antarctica, which costs around $600,000. At the annual Christmas Day distribution of fish soup on Old Town Square, Bém will be replaced by his deputies, his wife and two teenage sons. A keen mountaineer, Bém climbed Mount Everest in 2007.
AWARD Foreign Affairs Minister Karel Schwarzenberg received a Grand Cross, a German state decoration, from his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier Dec. 15 in appreciation of his contribution to Czech-German relations, the Czech News Agency reported. This is the first time the award has been bestowed on a Czech citizen. Steinmeier praised Schwarzenberg’s efforts at overcoming the division of Europe.


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